Oliver Welke

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Oliver Welke
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Born (1966-04-19) 19 April 1966 (age 57)
Bielefeld, West Germany
Occupation(s)Television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian, voice actor
Years active1996–present
Website oliverwelke.de

Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor.

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Biography

Welke was born in Bielefeld and studied journalism at the University of Münster, graduating in 1993. He then worked in a number of fields and eventually became a rather well-known sport journalist and presenter. Together with Oliver Kalkofe, whom he met while working for a public radio station, he provided the German voices for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (as Crow T. Robot) and the British comedy show Little Britain , and also co-wrote the script for the crime film parody Der WiXXer . Since May 2009, Welke has been the host of the satirical heute-show on German public broadcaster ZDF, which is commonly viewed as a German adaptation of The Daily Show . [1]

Welke is married and has two sons. He is involved in several charities such as Terre des hommes.

Filmography

CDs

Books

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ HeuteShow:Oliver Welke
  2. ↑ Bayerische Staatskanzlei: "Ministerpräsident Seehofer verleiht Bayerischen Fernsehpreis 2013". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Preisträger". Deutscher-fernsehpreis.de (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Auszeichnung der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache" (in German). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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